26.6%
Lower than 61% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people with one or more selected long-term health conditions.
Moorabbin · Suburb / Locality
Health & Disability in Moorabbin
Long-term health conditions and the need for help with everyday activities.
Two-thirds of Moorabbin residents report having no long-term health conditions. This makes the area slightly healthier than the national average, with only 26.6% of people living with a chronic health issue.
Health conditions
Long-term conditions people report.
Mental health is the most common long-term condition here, affecting 8.1% of people, followed by arthritis at 7.6% and asthma at 7.3%. These figures are about the same as those across Victoria and Australia.
8.1%
Higher than 50% of suburb / locality areas.
Share of people reporting a long-term mental health condition (incl. depression or anxiety).
Number of long-term health conditions
View on map →In Moorabbin, None is the majority at 71%; One condition is next at 21%.
Need for assistance
People needing help with daily activities.
About 5.8% of people in Moorabbin need some help with daily activities. This is higher than most similar areas, although it is about the same as the national figure.
5.8% ▲ +43.0%
Higher than 64% of suburb / locality areas.
- 2011: 4.1%
- 2016: 5.1%
- 2021: 5.8%
Share of people with a core-activity need for assistance due to disability or age.
Sources
- Census of Population and Housing — Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
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Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Health & Disability in Moorabbin [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/region/sal/SAL21746/moorabbin/topic/health-disability